peppermint
English
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editpeppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)
- A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.]
- (Australia) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. [from 18th c.]
- 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:
- In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.
- 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:
- (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]
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French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English peppermint.
Noun
editpeppermint m (plural peppermints)
- peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)
Further reading
edit- “peppermint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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